Sept 4 (Reuters) - The Perth Mint's sales of gold products slipped 2.3 percent in August from a month earlier, while silver sales fell to the lowest in a year, the mint said in a blog post on its website on Monday.
Sales of gold coins and minted bars decreased to 23,130 ounces in August from 23,675 ounces a month ago, the mint said.
Silver sales during the month dropped to the lowest level since last August at 392,091 ounces, down 66.4 percent from July, according to the blog post.
The Perth Mint refines more than 90 percent of newly mined gold in Australia, the world's No. 2 gold producer after China.
Gold prices climbed 1 percent to their highest in almost a year on Monday after North Korea's latest and most powerful nuclear test drove investors towards safe-haven assets. GOL/
Period
Gold (oz) Silver (oz)
Aug-17
23,130
392,091
Jul-17
23,675
1,167,963
Jun-17
19,259
1,215,071
May-17
29,679
826,656
Apr-17
10,490
468,977
Mar-17
22,232
716,283
Feb-17
25,257
502,353
Jan-17
72,745
1,230,867
Dec-16
63,420
430,009
Nov-16
54,747
984,622
Oct-16
79,048
1,084,213
Sept-16
58,811
1,031,858
Aug-16
14,684
376,461
Jul-16
16,870
693,447
Jun-16
31,368
1,220,817
May-16
21,035
974,865
Apr-16
47,542
1,161,766
Mar-16
47,948
1,756,238
Feb-16
37,063
1,049,062
Jan-16
47,759
1,473,408
Dec-15
40,096
1,083,460
Nov-15
31,664
1,145,239
Oct-15
66,951
1,751,898
Sep-15
63,791
3,349,557
Aug-15
33,390
707,656
Jul-15
51,088
746,700